2/3
"If Hurloon Shaman is put into any graveyard from play, each player chooses and buries a land he or she controls."
A brief rundown of the card:
I wouldn't compare Hurloon Shaman to other creatures in power/toughness (even though 2/3 for 3 mana is so-so), but the Hurloon Shaman has more devious uses. Think of Hurloon Shaman as a big Army Ants, or a re-usable Strip Mine. It is usually easier to get creatures out of a graveyard than to retrieve other spells (usually), making Hurloon Shaman sometimes more valuable than a Stone Rain. A deck usually needs to be focused around the concept of ensuring you and your opponent have no lands in play, but these decks are lethal in the right hands. If you can establish any kind of creature advantage over your opponent, it's often a good idea to try and take out all of their lands ASAP (yours too usually in the process). Here are a few fiendish things to try with Hurloon Shaman:
Knock out an opponent's land and deal 2 damage to them for the mere cost of one of your lands an a little mana. Kinda reminds me of Forbidden Ritual.
Use multiple Hurloon Shamans for the best effect. You could sacrifice one shaman to the Hell's Caretaker to bring another shaman into play. For the mere cost of tapping the Hell's Caretaker every turn, you should be able to blast away everyone's lands in no time.
Let it be written: "He who has no lands usually has a full hand." And let it also be written: "He who has full hand and either of the aforementioned cards on them will perish shortly." If you're going to go this route, make sure to add some quick artifact destruction to your deck to ensure your opponent doesn't do the same to you.
If played carefully, Hurloon Shaman will help you get lots of use out of Land Tax. It's not too hard to blast all lands away then just wait until your opponent plays a land. Once they do, you can then go get 3 lands from your library during your turn. Think...Land's Edge.
This works very well with Hurloon Shaman. Since your going to have lots of lands in your graveyard, you could use the Lodestone Bauble to retrieve some of them for later use. Heck, this card costs nothing to cast and is a cantrip. Cool.
This card turns all Minotaurs' casting cost into 3 colorless, and allows you to cast them just like King Cheetah--as an instant.
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